Iraq’s Crude Production Rises to Highest Level in 20 Years
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Iraq’s crude output rose to the highest in 20 years as the Halfaya field increased production.
Output exceeded 3.07 million barrels a day this month, Abdel Ilah Qassem al-Amir, a spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussain al-Shahristani said today in a telephone interview from Baghdad. That compares with a government figure of 2.92 million barrels a day for May published in OPEC’s monthly report on June 12.